README.md

RubyGems

RubyGems is a package management framework for Ruby.

A package (also known as a library) contains a set of functionality that can be invoked by a Ruby program, such as reading and parsing an XML file.
We call these packages "gems" and RubyGems is a tool to install, create, manage and load these packages in your Ruby environment.

RubyGems is also a client for RubyGems.org, a public repository of Gems that allows you to publish a Gem
that can be shared and used by other developers. See our guide on publishing a Gem at guides.rubygems.org

Getting Started

Installing and managing a Gem is done through the gem command. To install a Gem such as Nokogiri which lets
you read and parse XML in Ruby:

$ gem install nokogiri

RubyGems will download the Nokogiri Gem from RubyGems.org and install it into your Ruby environment.

Documentation

RubyGems uses rdoc for documentation. A compiled set of the docs
can be viewed online at rubydoc.

RubyGems also provides a comprehensive set of guides which covers numerous topics such as
creating a new gem, security practices and other resources at http://guides.rubygems.org

Getting Help

Filing Tickets

Got a bug and you're not sure? You're sure you have a bug, but don't know
what to do next? In any case, let us know about it! The best place
for letting the RubyGems team know about bugs or problems you're having is
on the RubyGems issues page at GitHub.

Bundler Compatibility

Supporting

Ruby Together pays some RubyGems maintainers for their ongoing work. As a grassroots initiative committed to supporting the critical Ruby infrastructure you rely on, Ruby Together is funded entirely by the Ruby community. Contribute today as an individual or even better, as a company, and ensure that RubyGems, Bundler, and other shared tooling is around for years to come.

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to RubyGems, that's awesome, and we <3 you. Check out our guide to contributing for more information.

While some RubyGems contributors are compensated by Ruby Together, the project maintainers make decisions independent of Ruby Together. As a project, we welcome contributions regardless of the author’s affiliation with Ruby Together.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the RubyGems project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms, and mailing lists is expected to follow the contributor code of conduct.